In most cases you should start by increasing link s health but having more stamina means you can climb higher and glide farther which can be very beneficial later in the game.
Swap heart containers and stamina.
When you first go here the statue will always take a full heart container and you have to buy it back for 120 rupees.
After that the statue will exchange the two for you whenever you want at a cost of 20 rupees per conversion.
This is where you can swap your hearts for stamina or vice versa.
Talk to it again and it will allow you to choose whether you want a stamina upgrade or your heart container back.
When you talk to it it will take one of your heart containers and start the statue s bargain side quest.
Breath of the wild on the nintendo switch a gamefaqs message board topic titled store that trades in heart container and stamina vessels.
Once you do that you ll be able to buy a heart container or stamina upgrade for 120 rupees.
Heart containers and stamina upgrades are earned in breath of the wild through completing shrines with every four spirit orbs you pick up able to be traded at statues of the goddess hylia.
It comes out to a 20 rupee fee to switch around your upgrades.
You can use this statue as many times.
If the enemies you re fighting seem too tough or you need to.